Catherine, daughter of Charles, duke of Bourbon, i. 232.
Cato, Angelo, archbishop of Vienne, biographical notices of, i. xlv
_n._
Caux, the country of, ravaged by the Burgundians, i. 222;
bailiwick of, ii. 372.
Cerisay, William de, i. 364.
Cesenna, town of, ii. 133.
Chabannes, Anthony, count de, his honours and territories restored to
him, i. 82;
escapes from the Bastile, ii. 311.
Chalanger, Thomas St. Leger, i. 262.
Chalon, Louis de, lord of Chasteauguion, i. 57.
Chambes, Helen de, death of, i. xxxviii.
Chambre, the lords de la, ii. 41.
Chambre, lord de la, arrested, ii. 41.
Champ des Plours, i. 33.
Chantocé, castle of, captured, i. 110.
CHARLES the BOLD, Count CHAROLOIS, and duke of BURGUNDY, the son of
Philip the Good, i. xii.;
receives Commines into his service, _ib._;
fights the battle of Montlhery, _ib._;
his marriage, _ib._;
detains Louis in captivity, xiv.;
captures and destroys Liege, xv.;
his defeat and death, xxiii.;
causes of the war between him and Louis XI., 1 _et seq._;
biographical notices of, 1 _n._;
meets the ambassadors of the French king at Lisle, 2 _et seq._;
his defence of the bastard of Rubempré, 4;
treaty of alliance between him and Francis, duke of Bretagne, 6;
raises an army against Louis XI. under pretence of the public good,
9;
his declaration against the lords of Croy, 10;
the amount of his forces, 11;
his advance upon Paris, 13, 14;
styled by Commines “the greatest monarch in the world,” 25;
encamps near Montlhery, and gives battle to the French, 17 _et
seq._;
his dangerous position and rescue, 26 _et seq._;
joined by the dukes of Berry and Bretagne, 33 _et seq._;
his exultation after the battle of Montlhery, 33;
his valour and intrepidity, _ib._;
passes the Seine on a bridge of boats, and invests Paris, 42 _et
seq._;
his cannonading with the king of France near Charenton, 54 _et
seq._;
lays a second bridge of boats over the Seine, 57;
his troops mistake some high thistles for a body of French lances,
61, 64;
visited by the king of France, who discusses with him the causes of
the quarrel, 65 _et seq._;
his extravagant demands on the king, 65;
concludes a peace by signing the treaty of Conflans, 73;
exclusive concessions made to, by Louis XI., 74, 76, 78;
concludes a treaty of peace at St. Maur-des-Fossés between his
allies and the king of France, 80;
becomes duke of Burgundy on the death of his father, 88, 92;
his wars with the Liegeois, 88 _et seq._;
captures and destroys the town of Dinant, 89, 90;
defeats the Liegeois in a set battle, 97;
his triumphant entry into the city of Liege, 105;
submission of the Gantois to him, 109;
the king of France makes war on his allies, 110;
their interview at Peronne, 118;
he seizes the king, and confines him in the castle of Peronne,
118, 119;
his interview with the emperor Frederic and other great princes,
124-126;
vast concessions made to, by the treaty of Peronne, 132 _et seq._;
compels the king to renounce his league with the Liegeois, and to
sign a treaty of peace, 127, 130 _et seq._;
undertakes an expedition against the Liegeois, accompanied by the
king, 145 _et seq._;
beleaguers the city of Liege, 149;
great distress of his van guard, _ib._;
is in great danger from a sally of the Liegeois, 153;
captures and devastates the city of Liege, 157;
permits the king of France to return home, 161;
his treatment of the Liegeois, and of the people of Franchemont,
161, 162;
Louis acts in opposition to him, 165;
and takes the occasion of making a fresh war, 167 _et seq._;
cited by the king of France to appear before the Parliament at
Paris, 170;
his territories invaded, 171 _et seq._;
designs against, 174;
he takes the field and captures Picquigny, 175, 176;
besieges Amiens, 177;
enters into a truce with the king, 178;
assembles the estates, 179;
his opposition to the Earl of Warwick, 185, 187;
his naval strength, 187;
his difficulties with regard to Edward IV. and the Earl of Warwick,
195;
his conference with Edward IV. at St. Pol, 198;
his liberal assistance to him, 199;
the war between him and King Louis renewed, 203 _et seq._;
negociations for peace broken off by the Duke of Guienne’s death,
210;
he captures and sacks the town of Nesle, 211;
his attempt to outwit the King, 215;
concludes a treaty at the Castle of Crotoy, 216;
Amiens, St. Quentin, and various towns, castles, and fortresses,
ceded to, 216;
besieges Beauvais, 219;
raises the siege and marches against Rouen, 221;
concludes a truce with the King, 224;
his restless ambition, 235;
seizes the Duchy of Guelders, and besieges Nuz, 236 _et seq._;
his military force, 237;
the town relieved by the King of France, and others whom he had
stirred up against the duke, 239 _et seq._;
his obstinacy, 241;
loses the castle of Trouquoy, and several towns, 244;
suspects the constable of France, 247;
assisted by his ally the king of England, 251 _et seq._;
his visit to Edward, 267;
concludes the treaty of Vervins with Louis, 287;
delivers up the constable of France, who is publicly executed,
291-297;
digression concerning his error in delivering up the constable
contrary to the safe conduct, and what happened to him
afterwards, 297-300;
the last sovereign of Burgundy, 298;
at his father’s death one of the richest and most powerful
sovereigns in Christendom, _ib._;
his delivering up the constable base and dishonourable, 298, 299;
had grown distrustful of his best subjects, 299;
makes war upon the Swiss, and is disgracefully defeated near
Granson, 301-306;
his honour and his wealth lost in one day, 305;
abandoned by his allies, 309;
again defeated by the Swiss near Morat with great loss, 315;
seizes the duchess of Savoy who is rescued by the king of France,
317, 319;
lives in melancholy retirement at La Rivière, 321;
and loses the town of Nancy, 324;
his impolitic rejection of advice, 326, 327;
visited by the king of Portugal, while besieging Nancy, 332;
rejects the advice of his officers, and is defeated and slain in a
battle with the duke of Lorraine, 335-7;
Latin epitaph on, 337;
reflections on his character, and on the ancient prosperity of the
house of Burgundy, 340;
state of affairs after his death, 344 _et seq._;
Louis XI. contemplates the destruction of his family, and the
distribution of his territories, 351;
various cities and plains of Burgundy delivered up to the king,
350-364.
CHARLES the BOLD (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_). His
military operations against France and the Parisians, ii. 312
_et seq._;
concessions made to, by Louis XI., 332;
concludes a peace, 333;
at war with the Liegeois, 341;
his conference with Louis XI. at Peronne, 354;
receives intelligence of the massacres of the Liegeois, _ib._;
besieges and captures Liege, in company with Louis XI., 355;
concludes a peace with Louis XI., 356;
declared an enemy to France, 360;
threatens to arrest the earl of Warwick, 361;
enters into a truce with Louis XI., 365;
renews his mad pranks, 367;
captures Nesle and various French towns, 368 _et seq._;
his siege of Beauvais, and his great losses, 369;
is compelled to retreat, 371;
devastates the country, 372;
agrees to a truce, 374, 375;
besieges Nuz, 376;
defeated by the Swiss, 381;
his flight, 382;
refused further supplies, 383;
defeated by the Duke of Lorraine, _ib._;
his signal defeat and death near Nancy, 386, 387;
recognition of his dead body, 387.
(See BURGUNDIANS.)
Charles d’Amboise, lord of Chaumont, i. xxv.